Dartmouth Health

Academic health system and medical education

Occupational Therapist

Rehabilitation TherapiesPosted on Nov 11

Full-timeLebanon, NH, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy is required.
A Licensed Occupational Therapist with New Hampshire eligibility is required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
Certified Occupational Therapist (OTR) certification is required at hire; renewal is optional.

Responsibilities

Evaluate and treat patients receiving post-surgical hand therapy and conservative management of hand and upper-extremity injuries.
Fabricate custom orthoses for protective wear.
Work closely with the therapy and physician team to provide hand therapy care.
Examine and evaluate patients, determine prognosis, provide interventions, and report findings to other healthcare team members.
Provide discharge recommendations, exercise programs, and family teaching.
Participate in and support departmental programs, including in-service education, student programs, volunteer and observation programs, and the Professional Practice Committee.
Provide documentation, billing, and record keeping, and participate in compliance audits.
Coordinate the scheduling of patients and meetings.
Delegate tasks to support personnel.
Perform other duties as required or assigned.

Overview

Evaluates and treats hand therapy post surgical and conservative management of hand and upper extremity injuries. Fabrication of custom orthosis for protective wear. Work closely with therapy and physician team for hand therapy care.

Responsibilities

Examines, evaluates, determines prognosis, and provides intervention. Reports findings to other health care team members.

Provides discharge recommendations, exercise programs, and family teaching.

Participates in and supports departmental programs such as in-service education, student programs, volunteer/observation programs, Professional Practice Committee, etc.

Provides documentation, billing, and record keeping. Participates in compliance audits.

Coordinates the scheduling of patients and meetings.

Delegates tasks to support personnel.

Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy required

Required Licensure/Certifications

Licensed Occupational Therapist with NH eligibility
BLS certification required
Certified Occupational Therapist (OTR) required at hire, renewal optional.

About the Company

Dartmouth Health

Academic health system and medical education

Dartmouth Health runs New Hampshire’s largest private employer and a regional academic health system serving northern New England, with DHMC and a wide network of hospitals and clinics. It provides care through more than 2,000 providers across nearly every specialty, including the Dartmouth Cancer Center and Dartmouth Health Children’s. It blends clinical care with education and research by training about 400 residents and fellows each year with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, and by conducting clinical trials with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center. Its goal is to deliver exceptional, personal care while advancing medicine and meeting the health needs of the communities it serves.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Lebanon, NH
Founded: Not listed

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